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Tenses are of 3 Types -Past, Present and Future. Tenses help us understand the timeline in which the action takes place. The time when the story takes place can be understood by the Tense of the verbs. Tenses are important in Grammar. Tenses help in forming verbs and sentences in the designated tense of the storyline.
An action taken place in the Past represents the Past tense.An action taking place at the moment represents the Present Tense. An action which will be taken place in the future represents the Future tense.
The types of Tenses under the Present Tense are as Follows:
Simple Present tense
E.g.I speak
Present Continuous Tense
E.g.I am speaking
Present perfect tense
E.g.I have spoken
Present perfect continuous
E.g.I have been speaking
Past Tense:
Simple past tense
E.g. I spoke
Past Progressive Tense
E.g. I was speaking
Past Perfect Tense
E.g. I had spoken
Past perfect Continuous
E.g.I had been speaking
Future Tense:
Simple Future Tense
E.g. I will speak
Future Continuous Tense
E.g. I will be speaking
Future perfect tense
E.g. I will have spoken
Future perfect continuous tense
E.g.I will have been speaking